That’s such a cool card.
Incredibly thematic with Throne of Eldraine food mechanics.
I think it’s slightly overcosted and should probably be a rare not a common, it’s a really weird effect to have pop up a bunch in a draft, but still incredible idea and execution by the designer.
Roman Starovoyt, the Russian Minister of Transport, was dismissed yesterday and found dead in his car hours later.
He died from a gunshot wound and a pistol previously awarded to him by the Ministry of Internal Affairs was found in the car. His death is being reported as a suicide.
Before becoming Minister of Transport in May 2024 Starovoyt was the governor of Kursk. His successor was arrested in April as part of an investigation into the embezzlement of funds to be used to fortify the Ukrainian border. It’s being implied that his dismissal and subsequent suicide were related to his time as governor of Kursk.
That being said, poor mental health is absolutely linked inextricably with poverty.
Living on the edge of starvation and homelessness is incredibly anxiety inducing and stressful, even more so when you have others relying on you, and not seeing, or there not being, a way out is depressing. In turn, being very stressed/anxious/depressed reduces your ability to escape poverty and not having any money or time you can afford to spend on something other than barely surviving reduces your ability to improve your mental health. Similar factors, like having a strong social support network, can keep you out of both and factors that can destroy people’s social support networks (like coming out as trans/queer) put you at higher risk of both.
I’m guessing that’s not what Liddle was saying though. The man sounds utterly vile. Was it some sort of “capitalism is a meritocracy so if you can’t cut it you must have something wrong with you (derogatory) and so don’t deserve comfort or dignity” angle?
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